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The invention here is a treatment claim — that is therefore patent eligible. 

by Dennis Crouch The decision here is an important case adding substantial nuance to the product and law of nature exceptions. Natural Alternatives Int’l. Inc. v. Creative Compounds, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2019) Earlier this week I wrote about a separate … Continue reading

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French court finds appropriation of photograph not sufficiently 'transformative' and therefore infringing

One of Malka's Flair photographsA few days ago this blog reported on an interesting decision of the Swedish Supreme Court that held that unauthorized 'appropriation' of a substantial part of a photograph for use in a painting did not amount … Continue reading

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Tax Protesters Tilt at Windmills: Title 26 Was Never Enacted Therefore the IRS Lacks the Authority to Collect Taxes

I have been harangued recently by a couple of my readers about a very old tax protester argument that they claim has never been refuted. Reader Chad – we'll call him Don Quixote – frames the argument thusly: The IRS … Continue reading

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